Enterprise Architect

Role - Solution Enterprise Architect

Location - Hybrid will need to be present in the office for workshops and twice weekly. Open to discussing flexibility with the client, but workshop attendance is mandatory.

30 Fenchurch St, London EC3M 3BD

Duration - until the end of the year

Role Details

An Enterprise Solution Architect to be involved in researching, reviewing, and making recommendations on new software applications or innovations from a perspective of design, integration, and technical fit to business requirements and with other systems.

Strategy and Planning:

• Be aware of Change and Technology strategy and to appropriately align effort with this direction

• Contribute to the development of the team’s direction and strategy to maximize value to QBE and programs

Policy, Process and Procedures:

• Deliver architecture documentation as per program timelines to ensure alignment with business requirements

• Review and support, challenge architecture produced documentations and other deliverables, proposals by third party solution providers throughout the lifecycle of the program assuring alignment with business requirements and objectives

• Maintain logs of key decisions for the program

• Use standardized templates and approach to architecture documentation to ensure consistency and adherence to governance

• Participate in program, as per new ways of work, and align deliverables back to architecture practices and escalate any long-term or short-term concerns to be resolved

• Participate in required meetings, to communicate or develop the strategy and understanding

Customer focus:

• Understand the business context for the architecture being developed to ensure it supports the broader QBE standards, technologies, and business needs

• Understand the IT landscape surrounding the architecture solution to ensure it will co-exist and complement

• Ensure regular contact with key stakeholders and vendors as required in support of the architecture deliverables

• Ensure regular feedback to stakeholders regarding progress made and meeting timelines

• Keep stakeholders engaged throughout and consider feedback within the context of the architecture and business requirements

• Proactively question requirements and ensure understanding of the context of the requirement to complete architecture/design. Consider alternative solutions/options and position the best possible option for QBE base on short- and long-term requirements.

• Understand and promote adherence to QBEs IT Strategy, Architecture Principles, standards including global, and roadmaps to ensure alignment to overall strategy

Technical performance:

• Leads the vision on customer engagement using technology and omnichannel

• Ability to research, analyze and recommend improvements to business process, understand people and operating model impact due to introduction of new technology and/or solutions

• Develop a roadmap for the evolution of customer interaction with QBE as well as building out the QBE presence, representing the current and future state

• Ensure the roadmap considers and aligns to the customer 360 aspirations and QBE strategies

• Knowledge and experience in agile SDLC practices

• Ability to work as both an Enterprise Architect and a Solution Architect level

• Proactively identify potential issues/gaps in the end-to-end solutions and identify on possible options to mitigate the risks and how to address the gaps

Skills:

• Effective collaboration skills, focusing on strong working relationships with both business and technical stakeholders

• Works under pressure and can manage competing priorities?